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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 | 10:30 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Nina Simone Go To Hell The Blues BMG/Novus
LaVice & Company Thoughs Were The Days (VA) Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal Numero Group Can\'t say enough about this record!
Judee Sill The Phoenix Abacadabra: The Asylum Years Rhino/Asylum
* DJ Soul Slinger Wings Soul Slinger Classics, part 1 Bohemian Productions "original Brazilian junglist"
* Chris Thile If The Sea Was Whiskey How To Grow A Woman From The Ground Sugar Hill
* Lefty Jones Band Jake And Eddy Lord Have Mercy On My Soul Saturday from NYC
* Riley Baugus Sail Away Ladies Long Steel Rail Sugar Hill veteran NC musician -- new record
* Natalie MacMaster Matt & Nat's Yours Truly Rounder Pride of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
* Eilen Jewell So Long Blues Boundary County self-released Fabulous record. I ordered it w/o hesitation after one listen.
Cat Power Lived In Bars The Greatest Matador Sunday night, Nov. 19th, at Cat's Cradle. She'll have the Memphis Rhythm Band with here (her band for this album).
* The Ladybug Transistor Here Comes The Rain Here Comes The Rain EP Merge new, sounds great!
Yo La Tengo How Much I've Lied Little Honda EP Matador Gram Parsons cover
Gram Parsons Streets Of Baltimore (alternate version) The Complete Reprise Sessions Reprise superb new(ish) box set
Jimmy Reed Bright Lights, Big City Bright Lights, Big City (His Greatest Hits) Charly Blues
* Long-Ge Playing Mahjong (VA) Blues Around The World Putumayo from Taiwan, this one!
Mr. Frank Edwards My Baby Gone Chicken Raid Music Maker Recorded hours before he died, age 92, in March 2002. Cool John Ferguson on drums.
* Melik Faruk Serdar Saygun Gurbet Acisi (VA) Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966-1975 Dionysus
* Träd, Gräs och Stenar Sanningens Silverflod Träd, Gräs och Stenar Silence "Trees, Grass and Stones" -- Sweden, 1969.
Ultimate Spinach Plastic Raincoats/Hung Up Minds Ultimate Spinach Big Beat 1967
Sir Douglas Quintet Hot Tomato Man The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet: The Best of the Tribe Recordings Westside late 60s?
Link Wray From Tulsa To North Caroline Wray's Three Track Shack Acadia Was on his 1971 record Beans And Fatback; now on this great comp!
Flamin' Groovies She Said Yeah Shake Some Action AIM 1976
Joey Allcorn 50 Years Too Late 50 Years Too Late self-released Playing at The Hideaway BBQ in Raleigh, Friday night.
Stanley Brothers Gonna Paint The Town The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 Highland
George Jones Out Of Control The Essential George Jones Columbia/Legacy
Loretta Lynn Rated X Entertainer of the Year -- Loretta MCA